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  • unless you're doing something with it, it wouldn't really be brought up, but you need to get it changed to the right information.
  • If he accepts her as his own by putting his name on the certificate then you cannot get in trouble. But he can also not change his mind later - he will have to pay child support if you split up because the biological basis will be irrelevant.
  • I don't believe anyone would bother to prosecute you for falsifying documents. But if you were ever divorced (I pray not) He could and probably would be held responsible for child support, regardless of any blood tests.
  • It's called Paternity Fraud, and even though you may not be prosecuted for it now, that time may come, and it is my hope that it does. Here's a example why? In the 90s, the husband of a 42 year old mother of their 14 year old daughter is divorcing her due to her infidelity. He files for custody, for which he has a good chance. She counters that he is not really the father of the child, with DNA evidence to prove it. As a result, he is blocked from getting custody, but she was also unable to collect child support from him. Because of this, she filed for child support against the 27 year old father of the child, retroactive back to the birth of the child. She was awarded the amount, upheld on appeal to the state supreme court. The amount was $80,000, owed by a man who never new he had fathered a child as a 12 year old boy, with his sitter. As a result of the passage of time, and the statute of limitations, she could not be charged with the crime of sex with a minor. In 39 states, a man cannot get child support stopped when he learns he's not the father of the child. But, in only 5 states, are mothers prevented from using DNA evidence to stop a non-biological father from getting parental rights, such as custody. In some cases, it can be used to stop parental rights, but the non-biological father can still be required to pay support. This is why Paternity Fraud needs to be a crime, and Paternity testing should be done on all newborns. As long as women have the rights to do this, they should also suffer the responsibilities from their actions that lead to them. Standardized paternity testing would prevent this.

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